TT-RS steering wheel installed....

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TT-RS steering wheel installed....

Post by approved » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:38 pm

I bought a car without the rs4 wheel in it...everything else on the car is perfect apart from the speedboat MFSW.

here she is, with 10mm rear spacers fitted....

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anyway,over in the states, the MFSW is the stock item, and they are all on about a wheel that's as good ergonoically as the rs4 FBSW, but retains the multi function element... so, best of both worlds it is...viola, the tt-rs steering wheel ( same as new rs6 without the paddles)

massive thanks to CraigyB for sourcing back ordered item, and fitting it for me.

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Post by david7m » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:50 pm

Very nice!

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Post by sonny » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:11 pm

I like it, looks good.
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Post by klauster » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:15 pm

so the S button is on the dash instead of the wheel? It looks ok, but i deffo prefer the RS4 wheel
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Post by PetrolDave » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:54 pm

klauster wrote:so the S button is on the dash instead of the wheel?
Whenever an MFSW is fitted the S button is moved to the dash.

If you HAVE to have an MFSW, I reckon this is the best looking one so far.

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Post by GlynRS2 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:43 pm

That is certainly a big improvement on the RS4 MFSW.
Pretty much a best of both worlds.
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Post by Gazzer68 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:57 pm

Looks good
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Post by toomuch » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:04 pm

ive sat in johns car and inside it it really does change the ambiance of the car, proper nice.
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Post by victor2vt » Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:14 am

You paint the mirrors ?
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Post by psg001 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:23 am

MFSW looks good, small and chunky!

Like the rear spacers, really looks good. Which spacers did you go for in the end (hubcentric?? make??) Any issues with rubbing??

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Post by approved » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:08 am

spacers are 10mm h+r hubcentric, only on the rear...

couldnt source any front ones that were small and hubcentric, so i've descided to not bother.

to be honest, now its been done for a couple of weeks, i'm happy with the stance, the fronts dont need bringing out.

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Post by psg001 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:12 pm

I think the wing mirrors look brilliant in red! (might get some vinyl to do mine). Am very keen to do the same at the rear of my RS4, it really needs the spacers to give it a more aggressive stance at the back.

Hubcentric spacers bolt onto the hub dont they so you attach the wheel to the spacer with the original bolts, right??

I was told by H&R when trying to source spacers for the R32 that you cant get hubcentric ones less than 20mm thick because it needs to be a certain thickness to allow it to bolt onto the hub and the original bolts to screw into it.
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Post by approved » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:31 pm

there are three types..non hubcentric, which are just effectively a shim that you need to align yourself and can cause wobble, then hub centric that mount onto the hub, replicating the lip to mount the wheel onto, which you need to use longer bolts for, and then there are the ones your on about, which only start at 20mm, as they bolt onto your existing hub, with new holes in the them, to mount the wheel too, using original bolts... the ones you want are the ones i have...

10mm hubcentric, with some longer bolts

speak to mike at JBS and he will sort you out.

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Post by ARSEY4 » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:19 pm

imho it looks better than the rs4 flat bottom wheel. Looks better quality.
TBH the flat bottom wheel function wise is more of a hinderance. I came to realise this after selling mine and getting a conventional round wheel.

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